Portrait of the week
Home England suddenly began to take the prospect of Scottish independence seriously after a poll of 1,084 people by YouGov…
Barometer
Birth of a nation A reminder of how England and Scotland came to be one country: — Proposals had been…
From the archives
‘An apology’, from The Spectator, 12 September 1914: We are informed that a story told in a letter from a correspondent…
‘Please, Scotland, stay with us’
A selection of Spectator readers’ letters to Scottish voters
Books and arts
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A new Nato
This week’s Nato summit was originally intended to look back on lessons learned from Afghanistan and reflect on the notion…
Portrait of the week
Home Britain’s terror threat level was raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’ in response to fighting in Iraq and Syria, meaning…
Barometer
In poor taste US Ambassador Matthew Barzun attracted the ire of chefs for complaining that he had been served lamb…
